My employer sent out an 'anonymous' survey asking all employees for their inoculation status. I have 5 days left to respond.
The survey has 3 options:
- 1: Already got the jab
- 2: Going to get the jab soon
- 3: Not going to get the jab
The office is located in a moderately liberal area in a purple state (60/40 Dem/Rep). It's a large corporation in the finance industry. Most of the employees are highly educated, and therefore more likely to take the shots. But if management fires even 10% of the workforce, it will probably cost them an entire year of profit.
If I don't respond to the survey, management will probably ask my boss to nag me about the survey.
I'm thinking that Option #2 is the safest choice. It's probably best for me to be as vague as possible and drag things out as long as possible. I can keep saying 'I'll get the shot soon...'
Option #3 is probably a bad idea because that could lead to me getting fired quicker than Option #2.
I want to drag the job out as long as possible until or if they decide to fire me. It's an easy, good paying job. My position doesn't seem to be the easiest to replace, but isn't the hardest to replace either.
If I get fired, I have 12+ months until I'm on the street. I would probably start my own business instead of looking for a new company.
decline to answer. "My medical information is private" Make them fire you.
It's this, OP. Do not agree to their hidden premise. Your medical information is private. It isn't for them to know. If they fire you, they fire you.
And if they are able to single you out to follow up with you, then obviously it wasn't 'anonymous' :)
No corporate survey is "anonymous." My work has a "grassroots" survey that is "anonymous" but you have to log in to their system to do it, so that "everyone only does one." Yeah, and you can track who answers what, right?
Edit: its also mandatory and they know if you haven't done it. Strike three!
I take offense to "highly educated, and therefore more likely to take the shots." Only really educated ones make the right decision.. as I see it. Who in the hell do you think you are labeling non jabbers as uneducated?...and asking for advice...wow! Bless your uneducated heart...really.
Exactly
This guy gets it
No, do not go for option 2, if everyone chooses option 2 they will be more inclined to mandate the shot thinking they will not lose many employees. Do not answer the survey. Talk to fellow coworkers and stand together. If you all stand together they can not touch you. There are many arguments against the vaccine, remember its not just one vaccine you are signing up for, its a lifetime of quarterly vaccines. They will have a new one for every variant, they will say the efficacy is dropping and every few months you will be mandated again to go get booster to maintain your freedom. Fuck that. Let your employed know up front its a not going to happen. Medical slavery is not what this country stands for.
this could be a precursor survey to see how many people they would lose with a mandate, perhaps talk to your co-workers, are the majority jabbed? if an employer knows they are going to lose most of their employees, they may think twice about the mandates... idk praying for all in this situation.
There are a few things wrong with this description. 1, "My employer sent out an 'anonymous' survey"...Does that mean an anonymous person sent it out, or that the survey will be anonymous in that there will be no way to tell who responded? 2, "asking all employees"...asking all employees is not demanding or requiring as part of a job task therefore no response is required. 3, "The survey has three options:"... The survey has a fourth unwritten option which is not to respond based on points 1 and 2 above. 4, "If I don't respond to the survey, management will probably ask my boss to nag me about the survey." ... The survey isn't anonymous if they know you didn't respond." Therefore question their integrity if they bring it up later and tell them they obtained personal information fraudulently Them tell them you are going to file an EEO lawsuit against them. If they try to fire you, it will be retaliation. Huge payout for you. 5, " Going to get the jab soon"...The option is vague and undefined. Soon could mean in one week or one year or one decade etc. 6. You could fill out the survey if you want and choose option three. Again, since it's anonymous how would they know it's you. If they approach you about your choice start grilling them about their ethics and integrity. If they really know your answer refer to point 4 above, or simply say you've changed your mind and now choose option two and you get to define what 'soon' means. 7.Here is a freebie "Most of the employees are highly educated, and therefore more likely to take the shots." I ask you to rethink what you stated. If the 'highly educated' people were told they could walk off a cliff and drop 200 feet without injury or death, would any of them do it? Yet the 'highly educated' people are lining up to take a shot for an illness that is %99.97 recoverable, yet the shot exposes them to horrific side effects including death, with many experts stating that people who got the real shot and not the placebo, may die in 6 months to 5 years from blood clotting issues, auto immune disorders, or cytokine storm with their next flu?? Unfortunately there are lots of highly educated people without a lick of common sense.
Good luck with your dilemma. I hope I have given you some logical observations that will help you in your choice of what to do.
By "highly educated" I meant degrees. It's a fact that people who have a college degree are more eager to jump off the cliff on average.
I think you make a good point about not responding. I could simply say I forgot about it if I'm ever questioned, then question why the survey wasn't anonymous.
I'll try this if the survey turns out not to be anonymous. Hopefully HR will back down after I tell them the survey was fraudulent.
Worst case scenario, Option 2.
The main thing to keep in mind, and if you have the backbone to remind them is, the 'mandate' is illegal. It is unconstitutional. As a business or as a citizen, there is no requirement to follow an illegal order. You could use the US Constitution, which is the SUPREME law of our land, to point that out to your employer. Use amendments 9 and 14 section 1. You could also remind them that it's illegal to use coercion. "Have sex with me or you get fired." It's essentially the same thing. Do something I tell you to do, even though you don't want to do it, or else you get fired.
Remember, employers can't find enough good employees as it is. EVERYBODY is hiring. So are they really willing to let you walk away? Maybe, I don't know. But you might want to call their bluff. Make them fire you though, don't quit. Good luck!
I think it's best not to respond to the survey for now. Maybe they won't even notice.
Okay, but keep those amendments in mind in case it come up. Good luck.
if the survey is truly anonymous, they shouldn't be able to figure out if you didn't respond to it.
option number to drag it out. I think in another week the Mandate will be over court cases are pending everywhere and the GOP and Congress is now suing the president.
when the Mandate is over you can tell them you are not getting it
They actually do not have the right to ask after which medicines you are taking, or intend to take. I agree with @Squidpup. Under disability legislation "You are protected from unnecessary medical inquiries at work". Also If an employer refuses to hire you, promote you, or pay you equally to your coworkers because of your disability (in this case, your private vax status), when you are capable of doing the job, then you can threaten to file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or your state fair employment practices agency.
They are trying to figure out what they are going to do. Imagine if 99% answer "already got it," they have no decision to make: they'll go along with the mandate and threaten people. On the flip side, if 99% say "not going to get it," then they have an easy decision to make: wait for the lawsuits to shake down the legal reality, and possibly join in to fight against the mandate. Option#2, for them, is basically the same as #1.
To preserve your freedom, either answer #3 to force them to find their backbone, or don't answer claiming hippa. Either 1 or 2 gives them your permission to roll over and enforce the mandate.
It's none of their business.
Your employer is not entitled to ask you for your medical records or information about your medical records....
Declining to answer ..... but if you don’t feel comfortable doing that then just say ... ‘going to get the jab’..... that doesn’t mean you have decided to take it.... and you can always change your mind later based on evidence from VAERs....
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Hand the survey in blank, No name and no answers. If you have a co-worker as an ally, encourage them to do the same.
Look up your private health information rights and armed with that contact HR. Remind them that they have no right to that information. Stop before it gets to the vax convo so it does not get tricky. If they persue it, tell them you will consult a lawyer before answering. They will act like you are being rediculous and it is their job to twist you into doing crap they want done.
Therein lies your problem. “It’s an easy good paying job”. Try working for a living and have some fucking principles! Tell the truth!
I would have picked 2 to do exactly what the OP said, prolong this as much as possible. I got educated quick by the replies here though and changed my opinion. Do not answer at all or go 3.
Choose number 2.